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Cat Ballou
This breakout hit comedy western gave a lift to star Jane Fonda and especially to Lee Marvin, in an unexpected comedy role…
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Hail, Caesar!
Not funny enough, or too hip for the house? I found the Coen Bros.' send-up of old-fashioned movie madness good fun, with…
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Dark Passage
Bogie's back and Bacall's got him! Or, at least she's got his voice, and a bundle of bandages. A David Goodis hardboiled…
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Journey to Space IMAX
3-D IMAX goes back to outer space for a repeat of some space shuttle material and an extended CGI look at how…
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Epics!
See! A cast of thousands! Spectacle beyond belief! This week’s quiz is all about the movies that think big.
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Blood Bath
This four-feature set is the weirdest cinematic treasure box of the year, a sort of anti-matter film school. Three of the films…
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Woman on the Run
What in the world -- an A + top-rank film noir gem hiding under the radar, and rescued (most literally) by the…
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The King and Four Queens
Clark Gable is still sufficiently frisky in this late career western to attract four well-chosen frontier women -- who in this case…
Fear of the Velvet Curtain
PEEKABOO! THE MOVIES OF 2016 AT HALFTIME
Nearing the halfway mark of the movie year and teetering, as we all are, on the edge of another summer movie abyss…
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Too Late for Tears
Noir if I can help it! Sultry Lizabeth Scott out-'fatals' every femme we know in this wickedly ruthless tale of unadulterated female…
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La fièvre monte à El Pao
Luis Buñuel's most direct film about revolutionary politics brandishes few if any surreal touches in its clash between French star Gérard Philipe…
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Buster Keaton The Shorts Collection 1917 – 1923
All hail Buster Keaton! The Great Stone Face's pre-feature output is a comedic treasure trove that allows us to watch a performing…
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Eureka
Nicolas Roeg's bizarre blend of high drama, searing sex and over-the-top brutality waited a year, only to be given a tiny American…
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The VVitch
This is not your garden-variety horror picture -- its scares stem from primal guilt and fear of supernatural demons and devils that…
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Wim Wenders: The Road Trilogy
A major talent of the New German Cinema finds his footing out on the open highway, in a trio of intensely creative…
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Edge of Doom
Remember Charlie Chaplin's 'The Killer with a Heart?' You too will be frustrated by this well-produced story of a slum kid who…
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The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Cad, bounder, dastard... look those words up in an old casting directory and you'll probably find a picture of George Sanders. Albert…
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Garden of Evil
Bernard Herrmann music + weird landscapes = Nirvana. This big-star western tale has an unbreakable story but terrible dialogue and weak characters.…
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That’s Sexploitation!
Aside from the obvious appeal of this smörgásbord of dirty movie delights, cult director Frank Henenlotter hosts a good history of soft-core…
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Sidekicks
Everybody needs a buddy, friend and pal when the going gets rough… here are a few of Hollywood’s favorite sidekicks.
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The Naked Island
Don't let your boss see this movie, it'll give them ideas. Writer-director Kaneto Shindo reduces the human drama to its basics, as…
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A Married Woman
Here's something special, a Godard movie about people as much as concepts, and the dialogue doesn't sound as if it belongs in…
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Cinema’s Exiles: From Hitler to Hollywood
Banished by Josef Goebbels and threatened by the Reich, the creative core of the German film industry found itself in sunny Los…
Fear of the Velvet Curtain
TEN THINGS I LEARNED AT THE 2016 TCM CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL
Well, another year spent in the company of classic cinema curated by the TCM Classic Film Festival has come and gone, leaving…
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Mustang
This one will get to you. Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven takes on a difficult subject -- the terrible treatment of young girls…